| 1 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | TCH | |
47,99 | WR |
| 2 | Tatána Kocembová | TCH | |
48,59 | |
| 3 | Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina | URS | |
49,19 | NR |
| 4 | Gaby Bussmann | FRG | 49,75 | ||
| 5 | Marita Payne-Wiggins | CAN | 50,06 | AR | |
| 6 | Irina Baskakova | URS | 50,48 | ||
| 7 | Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer | GDR | 50,48 | ||
| 8 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 50,66 |